Monday, December 17, 2012

School Safety
In response to the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Rochester Public Schools and Folwell Elementary are sharing the following documents that discuss school safety and ideas for how to speak with your children about Friday's news.District Letter 12.17Folwell Letter

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Folwell Follies Auditions
It’s time to get your act together - Folwell Follies is almost here! Please review and fill out the audition form below. Your audition will be scheduled based on the information provided. All communication will be sent to the student act leader. Looking forward to the fun!

Dates to remember:
-Sign up due: December 19
-Auditions: January 9, 10 3:30-?
-Mandatory Dress Rehearsal: January 23 3:30-6pm
-Variety Show: January 24 – 1:45pm, 7pm
-All acts must be 2 minutes or less
-Acts must be age appropriate
-Students may participate in one solo or group act, but not both.
-Please have any accompaniment music on a CD

Thursday, December 6, 2012

We Need Your Boxtops for Education!Collecting boxtops at home is a free and easy way to support Folwell students. The best way to bring boxtops to school is to paste them to one of the sheets sent home with your child. If you need a sheet, the link below has three of them for you to choose from. These boxtops will be collected throughout the entire year!

Thursday, November 29, 2012

The
Gift Card Fundraiser is a great way to help Folwell PTSA raise money to support
the 5th grade trip, and you don't have to spend any more money than
you normally would with your everyday shopping! This kind of program is
sometimes known as "scrip". We purchase the gift cards for all of our
Folwell families in a large bulk order, and the participating retailers give us
a percentage of the face value to keep for our PTSA, up to 15% or more! For
example, a Chipotle gift card purchased for $10 is worth the full value of $10
when spent at Chipotle, but the Folwell PTSA will get 10% of the total, or $1.
The money adds up quickly! You earn money for our school without spending a
single additional penny!

Click below for information on how to complete an order!The file below states a "due date" as November 27th. We will continue to accept gift card orders until winter break. To be a part of our next order, please turn in your form by next Friday, December 7th.

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Cousins Subs Nights
Please consider eating dinner at Cousins Subs on November 27th, December 4th, December 11th, and/or December 18th, from 3pm-8pm. Cousins Subs will be donating 10% of all sales that night to Folwell to help support the purchase of our new playground!

Cherry Berry Night
Please consider eating dessert at Cherry Berry on Monday, December 3rd, from 5pm-9pm. Cherry Berry will be donating 10% of all sales that night to Folwell to help support the purchase of our new playground! We look forward to seeing you there!

To celebrate reaching our
goal of raising more items than last year for the Olmsted County Channel One
Food Bank, we will be having a salad dressing day tomorrow (11/30)!

Below, you will see what
each of the different types of salad dressing stand for. Choose one (or more if you want!) for school tomorrow. If there is a type of dressing not on the
list that you would like to do instead, please feel free!

Bleu Cheese

Wear all blue.

Caesar

Wear togas and
sandals.

French

Wear berets and fashionable
clothes.

House

Wear Folwell colors/clothing.

Ranch

Dress like
cowboys/cowgirls.

Thousand Island

Wear Hawaiian clothing.

If you have any questions,
please ask your class’ Student Council representatives. Thank you for working so hard to help so many
people in need!

Thursday, November 15, 2012

Bear Creek Services Needs Cookies and Appetites!For the past eight school years groups of students have been visiting Bear Creek Services for a Thanksgiving dinner. Bear Creek is a non-profit residential program for adults with disabilities. This year the two Folwell fifth grade classes spent a great evening getting to know several of the residents of Bear Creek. The fifth grade team hopes that you will consider helping us give back to Bear Creek by donating a dozen or more cookies for a fundraiser that will help their programs continue to grow and reach many Rochester residents. For more information on donating cookies or attending the December 8th sale, please click on the link below!Bear Creek Cookie Classic